Last FISA Post. Probably.

Based on the lack of comments, it's clear no one but Biche & me feel like talking about this anymore. But in case you think I'm being hysterical, check out what noted constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley thinks about this CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY PERPETRATED RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES BY BOTH PARTIES. And signed off on by Mr. Yes-We-Can (Eliminate your civil liberties and 10% of the Bill of Rights)!

History will look back at this as proof that we as a people have been so anesthetized by comfort that our bought-and-paid-for public representatives don't even need to hide their odious behavior anymore. Idiocracy, here we come!

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UPDATES:

Here's what Senator Russ Feingold - who actually is the man Barack Obama claims to be - has to say:

"The government absolutely must be able to wiretap suspected terrorists to protect our security, and every member of Congress supports that. With this bill, however, for the first time since FISA was adopted 30 years ago, the government would be authorized to collect all communications into and out of the United States without warrants. That means Americans e-mailing relatives abroad or calling business associates overseas could be monitored with absolutely no suspicion of wrongdoing by anyone. This bill overturns the laws and principles that have governed surveillance for the past 30 years."

and here's Stanford professor and all-around cool cat Lawrence Lessig:

"Policy wonks inside the campaign sputter policy that Obama listens to and follows, again, apparently oblivious to how following that advice, when inconsistent with the positions taken in the past, just reinforces the other side's campaign claim that Obama is just another calculating, unprincipled politician.

The best evidence that they don't get this is Telco Immunity. Obama said he would filibuster a FISA bill with Telco Immunity in it. He has now signaled he won't. When you talk to people close to the campaign about this, they say stuff like: Come on, who really cares about that issue? Does anyone think the left is going to vote for McCain rather than Obama? This was a hard question. We tried to get it right. And anyway, the FISA compromise in the bill was a good one.

The Obama campaign seems just blind to the fact that these flips eat away at the most important asset Obama has. It seems oblivious to the consequence of another election in which (many) Democrats aren't deeply motivated to vote (consequence: the GOP wins)."